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Google should add "native" apps to Chrome OS by adding javascript-based APIs for controlling processes, accessing the file system, etc. Essentially pitch the br

Google should add "native" apps to Chrome OS by adding javascript-based APIs for controlling processes, accessing the file system, etc. Essentially pitch the browser as a GUI layer on top of linux, much as Cocoa sits atop Darwin. You could build traditional apps in whatever language you wanted, but use HTML for describing their interface.

Pewpewarrows 16y ago
I'd love to see them go this route, especially with their new Chrome App Store and existing permissions system in-place. I'd personally always prefer to use existing web technologies to describe my interface rather than each OS' baked-in languages and frameworks. They could even add native client language support for high-performance apps.
patrickaljord 16y ago
FileAPI is already in Chrome: http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/html5storage/index.html#slide43 http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/html5storage/index.htm... So is File System API: http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/html5storage/index.html#slide53 http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/html5storage/index.htm... And so are native apps: http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/ http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/